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unusual facts about Torres Strait Islanders


Indigenous Protected Area

By agreeing to establish Indigenous Protected Areas, Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders have (over the decade 1997-2007) contributed two thirds of all new additions to Australia's National Reserve System.


Australian Hearing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples participating in a Community Development Employment Project (CDEP).


see also

ATSI

Indigenous Australians, Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

Daru

The original inhabitants, the Hiamo, were Western-Central Torres Strait Islanders originally from Yama in the Torres Strait.